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MEMORANDUM TO: WH/C/OPS

SUBJECT =: Call from Mr. Dick Philips (State)
: Regarding the Arrest of AMLEO-3

1, Mr. Dick Philips said that he received a call from
Mitchell L. WER-BELL about the arrest of AMLEO-3, The
following information is contained in CIA files regarding
Mr, WER-BELL: .

ss "Subject was born March 1918, in Philadelphia,
: Ee served in the OSS during World War II and later opened
a@ public relations and advertising firm in Atlanta. During
the past chree years he has entered various import /expore
ventures {n. Latin America and Florids, He was in the
Dominican Republic during the past summer. He is well-known ‘
to thls Agency and is categorized as unscrupulous and a .
promoter with grandiose schemes. Although he has offered “~~
to work for us, he has never been used, He claims close
frlendship with many Latin American political and military

figures."

2, The three Cubans that WER-BELL reported arrested
are Jose Ricardo RABEL Nunez (AMLEO-3), Gilberto Fondora
and Miguel Ramos. These men were crew members of the JURE
mother vessel VENUS. From JMWAVE reports it appears that
AMLEO-3 was attempting to exfiltrate his family, using the
VENUS, when he was caught by Cuban security forces on

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